Border officers relied on outdated intel to decide whether to search incoming vessels, audit warns: CBC
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A new federal audit has found that the Canada Border Services Agency is using outdated procedures and legacy systems to assess the risk of incoming cargo, vessels and crew at ports. That means there’s a higher risk of human smuggling and illegal migration, as well as the entry of illicit cargo such as precursor chemicals used to make opioids and other drugs. As the CBC’s Catharine Tunney reports, the inspections were also hampered by the “prohibitive cost of examinations.”
